<div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-ab2579d1-7fff-ac02-c0e3-6a77b68127ec"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Greetings Washington Birders,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-678bd16f-7fff-5e1c-eaee-99d7bc7422ee"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Near the end of last February, I began a slow trip north from southern California with intentions of following the entire Pacific Coast to northwestern Washington. Last week I journeyed north through Western Washington and completed my mission for this phase of my North American RV tour. </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The weather was not my friend through most of the trip. Things took a turn for the better when I was in Sekiu. Bald Eagles, two adults and an immature, swooped into the scene I was photographing, and began interacting with each other and the gulls scavenging the remains that the fishermen tossed them when they cleaned their catches. </span></span><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(5,5,5);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">(There are 42 images with dates, locations, and descriptions in this episode’s gallery.)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-f2c66f32-7fff-4bd0-6bcd-290af3fc49ef"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><</span><a href="https://shadetreeimaging.com/2022-04-10-the-road-to-mount-olympus/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://shadetreeimaging.com/2022-04-10-the-road-to-mount-olympus/</span></a><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">></span></span><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Be well,</span></p></span><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>-- <br>-- Jack --<br>==================================<br><<a href="https://shadetreeimaging.com/" target="_blank">https://shadeTreeImaging.com/</a>><br>Wildlife Photography with <br>Emphasis on Birds</div><div>858-442-1907</div><div>Jack Daynes</div><div>Based in San Diego County, California.<br>==================================</div><div>I do not chase birds as much as I chase places. </div><div>I can enjoy the birds I meet, if I enjoy the place I meet them.</div><div>==================================<br><div>I live in a world that exists somewhere in between "See spot run" and "E=MC²".</div><div>==================================</div><div>Find me at the intersection of Anywhere and Everywhere<br></div></div><div>in North America.</div><div>==================================</div><div><span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(5,5,5);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Birding is where you find it. Such places don’t always show up in brochures.</span></span><br></div><div>==================================<span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(5,5,5);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></span></div><div><a href="https://shadetreeimaging.com/category/bird-destinations/san-diego-locations/" target="_blank">https://shadetreeimaging.com/category/bird-destinations/san-diego-locations/</a><br></div><div>==================================<br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>